Mines Minister Richard Musukwa has warned that idle licenses that were issued to either small or large-scale miners will be revoked. And Musukwa says Government will implement a framework to facilitate market linkages to assist small-scale miners and prevent them from being continuously exploited. Speaking during a four-day workshop on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Zambia, Musukwa warned that licenses that Government had issued to both small and large-scale miners risked being revoked if they remained idle. “Idle licenses, licenses that are being held for speculation, will be revoked so as to promote serious and credible Zambians, non-Zambians, investors who would like to invest in our country,” Musukwa warned when he officially opened the workshop at Southern Sun Hotel in Lusaka on March 19. He explained that the issuance of mining licenses without adhering to the stipulated obligations was disadvantaging Zambia. “When we give licenses, we also give obligations, and these obli…

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THIRTY-SIX Zambian exhibitors are expected to participate at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB) in the German capital Berlin which starts tomorrow. The Zambian Government has coined a theme ‘Take Zambia With You’ to attract visitors to Zambia during the event.

Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany Anthony Mukwita said the Zambian government, with the participation of the private sector, would be exhibiting some of the best sites, sounds and cultural heritage the country has to offer and will be asking the visitors to ‘Take Zambia with them’. This is according to a statement issued yesterday by the embassy’s First Secretary for Press Kellys Kaunda. “Every stand in the exhibition hall, every performance and every presentation in the convention hall along with the food to be served by The Manor, a Lusaka-based Zambian restaurant shall be designed to leave a lasting impression on the visitors to ITB who in turn shall take Zambia with them,” Mr Mukwita said. Mr Mukw…